Category Archives: Mac

Get CrossOver for free

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

In a bizarre political move from the guys at CodeWeavers, they are giving away copies of their CrossOver products for today only.  Head to their website for all the details, and to register for your serial number.  

Posted in Linux, Mac | Comments Off

Bizarre authenticate on Leopard

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

As mentioned before, I’m now running on my Mac as a Standard User.  Everything seems to work really well.  When you run an installer, it gives you the option to authenticate (the same dialog an admin user gets, except that … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac | Comments Off

iPhoto

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

I figured out that if I import the iPhoto library on the CD into my own iPhoto library, I can then drag the images into the filesystem.  This isn’t exactly perfect, but does seem to solve the problem I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac | Comments Off

Brain-dead Finder behavior

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

My step-son gave me a bunch of pictures on CD, which had been burned by iPhoto.  This created actual iPhoto Libraries, but not being an iPhoto user, I couldn’t figure out how to get the photos out of iPhoto, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac | Comments Off

Sugarsync

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

I finally installed Sugarsync, and it is mostly working as described.  I installed it on the MacBook and our Windows Server 2003 fileserver.  I still need to install it on my work laptop.  The Pocket PC client is next to … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac, Productivity, Windows XP | Comments Off

Time Machine Errors

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

Every week or two, I get the above error message.  My Time Machine backups go to an external firewire drive, which is only used for backups.  It isn’t full, and Disk Utility doesn’t show any problems with it.  No clue … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac | Comments Off

UI paradigms – Microsoft Office – Mac vs. Windows

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

While at my parent’s this weekend, my mother asked me about setting the font to Bold in Word 2008 for Mac.  She claims to have turned on the Formatting toolbar, but wasn’t seeing the ability to Bold her fonts.  Not … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac, Office 12, Windows XP | Comments Off

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 as a Standard User

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

My default configuration on a non-development Windows box is to run as a standard user (i.e. one that isn’t in the Power Users or Administrators group.)  When I first bought the MacBook, I wasn’t with it enough to try this … Continue reading →

Posted in Adobe, Mac, Security | Comments Off

Using an iPod Touch as a stand-alone PDA?

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

My mother joined the Cult of Steve shortly before I did, buying the same Spring refreshed BlackBook.  She has been a long-time Palm user.  She recently retired from her public school district job, but will be continuing working as an … Continue reading →

Posted in iPhone, Mac, Pocket PC, Productivity | Comments Off

Still waiting at the Apple Store

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

Carl is considering purchasing a Mac, so we decided to pop down to the local Apple Store while out at lunch.  Much to our surprise, there were approximately sixty people in line waiting for their iPhone 3G. After looking at … Continue reading →

Posted in iPhone, Mac | Comments Off